PDC 2008: Day 3 keynote focuses on research
WinInfo | at | by Mike
After two days of new product announcements, Microsoft took a different tact on the third day of its Professional Developers Conference 2008, carting out members of the company research division to show off truly futurist technologies. Microsoft Research lead Rick Rashid showed off advances like the Microsoft Surface software development kit, a new version of the Microsoft Worldwide Telescope, and new hardware sensors that will help regulate and reduce energy consumption in datacenters.
But the hit of the keynote was Boku, a Microsoft Research project aimed at getting kids excited about programming.